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NEWS FROM BACK EAST lEW '67110111AS AT COST PLUS H~ust Be Sold SlYe HuudrHs $$ rile by Judy McKeen THESE ARE "NEW" 67's Full Hond. F.cL W.lunty .d Fl. Service Open D.lly 9 lD 7 Poll, Sund.ys 10 lD 4 PolL Ph" 775-1102 01 326-3110 GARTNER ENTERPRISES 2D13 W. Pac. Cst. HWJ, Lomita (2 Blks. West of Western) •fOR A '8ETT• • • • • • • A' DEAL fburth of July we went to Frederick Md. for a half- mile race. What a track! If you wanted the correct gearing you had to stop on each corner and both straightaways and change it. This was a little too much trouble so most of the riders geared for the third and fourth turn. The corners were very narrow and in the fil'~t turn you had a short straightaway before you turned left again. The third and fourth turn got so rough and deep you needed a plow to get through it. Very strange track. Good Novice Show The Novices put on a very good show. Malcolm Doying,on a Bultaco, who is the hottest Novice on the East Coast thi s year, won his heat. The second heat had three other top Novicesinit. In first was Jerry Neal on a H.D., followed by Buddy Barnes on a Ducati and John Porter on a Bultaco. The Amateur class only had eight riders and they ran four men in each heat. Earl Myers on Triumph won the first heat and the second heat was won by Ed Varnes on a BSA. ON A MOTO BETA phone (213) 139-9000 Expert Gets Center-punched In the first heat for the Experts Larry Palmgren and Don Twigg were out in front. Vince Monastero fell in the third tu rn and he was on the edge of the track as far as he could get, when Twigg came broadsliding around the corner and hit him dead center. With the track as narrow as it was there just wasn't any pll!-ce else for Twigg to go. Fortunately both riders got up uninjured. But you should have seen the mess the bikes were in. Larry Palmgren won, with Bob Sholly on a Triumph in second. Third went to Tom Garrett on a H.D. In the second heat the other half of the Palmgren family won. Chuck just got back from the West Coast and is doing very good here. In second was George Longabough, on a H.D., and third was Mike Myers, on a Triumph. Battle of the Brothers In the Expert Main Larry and Chuck Palmgren got the scratch. After a few laps George Longabough took over the lead to the finish. Chuck Palmgren was in second and about half way through, brother'Larry took over for second place. Third was Chuck. Sholly was in for fourth and fifth went to Mike Myers. "Uf "Ist..,i_. Sifte Autloori.... Dale. Gold Stars Obsolete? TRIUMPH • HONDA • IMW SUZUKI • PIlau TIlES Do. spnD-sPOllT MOTOIl OIL USED cyan P.m, S.pplits 283004277 ~~:~:~i1: ~ CLOIID SUNDAYS. MONDAYS ~, 417 E. ,AlVEY • IIONTEREY PAIl "-.,-,,, TELL THEM YOU SAW IT IN CYCLE NEWS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Filtron Ai. Filters, Judson Prods. Francisco Castoroil, Dri-slide, Figlass tanks & seats, John Cooper & Big John Boots. All Avall.ble Flom SIMPSON MOTORS 5475 S.n Fern.ndo Rd. West Los Aneeles, C.IIf, 90039 ••....... ,~~~~~~~ .•.....•• The Amateur Main had Ed Varnes and Earl Myers fighting it out for first. Ed Varnes, on a Gold Star, finally pulled away from Myets Triumph, and all you could see was Varnes' dust. I keep hearing peop e say that these Gold Stars are obsolete, but when I see a Gold Star like this, and a few others, I can't believe they're on their way out. Myers got a second and third was William Hogge on a H.D. In the Novice Main, Malcolm Doying had about a straightaway lead on the rest of the pack. The real battle, was for second. Porter, Neal and Barnes really were doing some racing. ,All four of these Novices are trying tor high points this year• They are good riders and are learning many lessons riding with the Experts on the short track on Saturday nights. Porter got second, third was Neal and fourth was Barne s. The riders no sooner got their money and licenses, when as usual, the rain came again. Since 1947 (Results on page 16) MAIL ORDER PARTS Basqvarna= ZUNDAPP JAWA wilE ,~~ Benelli O. 7f!Ji$ij ...5""c:..luu...:..n. KLOCKER 'SPHONE LU 1-3983ATLANTIC BOULEVARD 6624 BICYCLE & SCOOTER SHOP BELL CALIFORNIA r-liiriiiiifiiDiir" i~ 1 ..I ByRoxyRockwood Nixon scores again for Triumph-Baltimore and the redhead appears to be on his way to his first Grand National tiUe. That was win number three of the season for Gary at PorUand last Sunday. There are more yet to come. The next win for Nixon will not, now Harley-Davidson at Portland. however, come this Saturday night in The kid was lucky this time but the national TT at Ascot. The odds still is the first across the line. are too great and the TT talent too That's racing. plentiful. adorn comes into Ascot this satBut look for Gary to surprise you urday night, back on Triumph, as and run well within the first ten in the big favorite to win his 4th the 50 lap final. He did a heck of a straight Amateur title. job at Ascot on the jumper earlier this month and is again on the winAnother Chance For Skip ning path. Van Leeuwen gets another shot Three For Number One at winning his first national and this time it may happe n. Look for Lawwill and Draayer, two of the Dave Palmer again to play the role top three finishers at the 'Castle of spoiler and he could win it if Rock TT, will be out to turn back Sandy Sanborn and Jack Simmons Nixon and try for a much higher finwork the wrenches the righ t way on ish in an attempt to make up the the Nor ton. ground they lost to the redhead last The riders shoot for a near $7,000 Sunday on the mile. purse this Saturday night at Ascot. These three are the ones that The TT's have come a long way will battle for the number one plate since the days of a five dollar bill the rest of the season. Markel will and a trophy. also be here but is not 100% healthy. Muld er wi 11 try to be the firs t to The mile track national at Portwin two national TTs in a row at land again proves that everybody Ascot but is not having his best loves the miles. That was a jamyear. If he gets to the front early and packed crowd up there and the pros builds a big enough lead he may do gave them a typical display of close it again. riding and passing in the Main Event. All Novice riders who are riding All mile nationals are up for this coming weekend are reminded grabs and the non-national at Santa that it is TT time on Friday night Rosa on July 30th and the annual and time to watch and learn from the Sacramento miler in September will big brothers on Saturday night. be no exceptions. The ,Ascot national will be the Jimmy adorn has now proved his lastoneoutthis way until September. ability on Honda at Daytona, TriThen it is again four in a row. umph at Tulare and Castle Rock and RRC CHiIEF TO ADVISE DMV by Robert O. Fee Bob Adsit, chairman of the So. California Road Riders Committee will attend a seminar of DMV License Examiners, July 22 nd in Long Beach. The examiners are meeting to discuss methods and techniques of conducting tests for the new class IV motorcycle operator licenses being initiated in AB 978. Only 8 of all the state examiners have had experience with motorcycles and the group desires some outside advice and suggestions to consider. ,Along with Adsit, who will attend the meeting on his HarleyDavidson Big Twin, the Honda Company will send a repre'sentati ve with a smaller road machine. The examin,ers hope that by comparing and contrasting the two machines and the experiences of their riders, they will be able to adjust the license examinations to take into account the different operatinp; characteristicl> of the vanous sizes of motorcycles. PROGRESS REPORT ..: Yeu Cn't Keep GHd Men Down Bill Boyd, the Northern Calif. AFM personality who lost a leg to a traffic accident is back on two wheels with a specially fitted Yamaha. Walt Fulton Sr., the AMA committeeman and Suzuki executive is back on the job after suffering a broken hip from a freak test-riding 9.ccident. MAYNARD HAS MODERN MIC POLICIES John Maynard of Maynard Insurance of Los Angeles advises us that they have purchased all the motorcycle business of Insurance of San Pedro, Calif. Modern will continue in the insurance business but not in the motorcycle aspect. John states that dealers or policyholders with policies in effect at Modern should contact Maynard for any service. His company is listed every week in the Dealer and Services Directory under -Insurance.· SAN rEDRO .OTORCYQE aUI WISHES TO THANK The shops listed (alphabetically) below were good enougb to donate the gift certificates awarded to the riders in each class aceomolaling the higbest points (moto cro ss fashion) in our races on Jnne 11 and July 9. We are sore they didn't ezpect to get much for their contribution but as it turned out, we didn't get a chance to give them even one plug over the P.A. Please help us sIlow our appreciation by your patronage and a Thank You. B & W ENTERPRISES, INC. 128 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro 832-5345 Bultaco & Suzuki Hop-up kits at work - give Marva call. CENTURY MOTORS 17th & Pacific Ave., San Pedro 832-6190 BSA, BMW, Velocette, Kawasaki. Largest number of bikes on the floor to choose from in the entire are. DALE BROWN M/Cs. 2241 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach427-3941 Due., Nor., Bul., Mustang & Suzuki. ED KRETZ & SON CYCLE SHOP 417 E. Garvey Ave., Monterey Park, AT 0-8244 Tri., Hon., BMW, suzuki. HARLEY-DAVIDSON OF LONG BEACH, 3654 Long Beach Blvd. 427-7101 t+D & Accessories. HOCKIES MOTORCYCLES, 22025 S. Figueroa, Torrance 328-1242 BSA, Greaves, Ossa, Hod. They are wheeling and dealing on BSAs and their summer sale - Best dirt bikes Greeves, Ossa and Hodaka. Drop in for a test ride. MOTORCYCLES ONLY, 4th & Palos Verdes, San Pedro, 832-6124-Custom & General repair. They buy junk & sell fine used parts. NICHOLSON MOTORS, 11629 Van Owen, N.Hollywood, 764-8674. Greeves distributor. See Nick or your local dealer for a ride on a new 360. It's a goer. NORM REEVES - 3 large locations to serve you, 15745 Lakewood, ME 0-4313, 9536 E. Firestone Blvd., Downey 869-9600, 224 N. Anaheim, Anaheim 535-3647 - 6 models to choose from Honda,Hodaka, BMW, BSA, Bultaco and Moto-Beta. T & 0 YAMAHA,502 N. Gaffey, San Pedro, 83Hl605 - Yamaha, Hodaka, Norton and Maico - Come in and try the new 360 now available. "" ...: '" ..... :;